This document explains the differences between the PositionHierarchy structure, and the Employee/Supervisor Hierarchystructure, as well as how to set up each of them.This document takes you through each of the forms explaining whatneeds to be defined, and where to define it. You will find itparticularly useful to follow along when setting up a hierarchyyourself, or troubleshooting problems when it doesn’t work as youexpect.

When Employee/Supervisor Hierarchy is used, there is no need to run the ‘Fill Employee Hierarchy’ reportIn Purchasing as the employee/supervisor relationship builds the tie between each employee.**Notice the same logic is used when verifying the approval authority, the only difference is the jobIs assigned an approval group, whereas when you use positions, the position is assigned an Approval Group.

When Employee/Supervisor Hierarchy is used, there is no need to run the ‘Fill Employee Hierarchy’ reportIn Purchasing as the employee/supervisor relationship builds the tie between each employee.**Notice the same logic is used when verifying the approval authority, the only difference is the jobIs assigned an approval group, whereas when you use positions, the position is assigned an Approval Group.

Approval Assignment Form(Creates the tie betweenApproval Group and Position)